Plourdosteus

Plourdosteus
Temporal range: Devonian: Givetian–Frasnian,
Various species of Plourdosteus, from Late Devonian of Canada, Russia and Baltic countries
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: †Placodermi
Order: †Arthrodira
Suborder: †Brachythoraci
Family: †Panxiosteidae
Genus: †Plourdosteus
Ørvig, 1951
Species
  • Plourdosteus canadensis (Woodward, 1892)
  • Plourdosteus livonicus (Eastman, 1896)
  • Plourdosteus mironovi (Obruchev, 1933)
  • Plourdosteus trautscholdi (Eastman, 1897)

Plourdosteus is an extinct genus of placoderm arthrodire which was relatively widespread in Euramerica during the Givetian to Frasnian ages of the Devonian. It was a small placoderm, with P. canadensis specimen MNHM 2-177 measuring 37.5 cm (14.8 in) long.

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